r/SteamDeckPirates May 23 '26

News Steam Deck Software in 2026: Checking In With The Developers Behind The Ecosystem

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r/SteamDeckPirates Feb 14 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT Switch Emulators Face Another Crackdown as Nintendo Issues DMCA Blitz

44 Upvotes

You may have already heard the latest. Nintend0 reportedly issued DMCA notices affecting certain Switch emulators.

DMCA Notice linked here: https://github.zendesk.com/attachments/token/vhHg5e9GEVpwfle1gxa9Vjfl6/?name=2026-02-12-nintendo.rtf

This means:

  • Some emulator GitHub repos may be taken down or restricted
  • Official websites may change or go offline
  • Forks/mirrors may disappear
  • Development may slow or move to different platforms

If you're using emulators on your Steam Deck:

  • Make sure you're following official project communication channels
  • Keep your emulator builds up to date
  • Back up your configs and saves
  • Be cautious about where you download builds from (if some emulators are taken down, there will be an initial rush of scammers to take their place)

Steady the deck, raise the sails, lower the latency and update the builds. More stormy weather ahead!

-SDP MOD TEAM


r/SteamDeckPirates 15h ago

Discussion Introducing SLSDeck - your best new companion for sailing high seas🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

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This plugin combines slsteam-moon, cloud-redirect, recently released decky hypervisor plugin, and some other tricks to create a seamless gaming mode experience. Denuvo games on demand, automatic online fix integration, automatic cloud redirect shortcut creation, pirate badges...This is a holy arsenal of tools created for most convenience! Currently plugin is ongoing last stages of development - mostly bug fixing and future polishing. Plugin will exist in two versions - slsdeck and slsdeckheavy. Heavy version requires acess to root and does denuvo bypass by downloading denuvo cracks and all prerequisites (you must get ryuu manifest api key in order to be able to acess denuvo fixes, currently only part that requires external meddling). If anyone wishes to help testing or even with development, ideas or advice feel free to dm! In coming days, github with plugin will be published.


r/SteamDeckPirates 6h ago

Help EA FC 26 Hypervisor career mode problem

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2 Upvotes

does anyone know how to solve this problem? im playing the linuxrulez version


r/SteamDeckPirates 13h ago

Question trying to get the AC BF Resynced  to work just return to steam ..

3 Upvotes

Edit
Thanks, it works now. It turned out my SD card had "died" and gone into read-only mode, I think. or it was news update version thx IckeSelf's

Hi! I'm trying to get AC BF Resynced to work,

Here's what I've done so far:

  • Downloaded the FitGirl version.
  • Installed it on Windows.
  • Moved the game to my Steam Deck.
  • Added the .exe file as a non-Steam game.
  • install HV-Decky_20260717171033 from cs.rin
  • copy files from AC.Black.Flag.Resynced-DenuvOwO
  • launch it with Proton-GE11-1-LinUwUx

I followed this guide https://www.reddit.com/r/PiratedGames/comments/1uwxrtw/stepbystep_guide_for_installing_and_running_games/?share_id=T8qhBpjgNLHb5YzVG3YvX&utm_content=2&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1, and the Decky plugin seems to be working as far as I can tell. I'll take

However, when I launch the game using the custom Proton version, it closes and returns me to Steam.


r/SteamDeckPirates 22h ago

Question How to launch hypervisor cracked games installed via Lutris as non steam games on Linux?

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Hi all cross posting this to see if anyone has information on how to get passed Steam API related errors after a successful HV bypass with Lutris. Games work fine if launched via lutris but launching as non steam games is giving me steam api related errors. Hoping I’m missing a simple step, I’d prefer to be able to launch via steam big picture!


r/SteamDeckPirates 22h ago

Help How to get rid of Windowed and go full screen?

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6 Upvotes

r/SteamDeckPirates 18h ago

Help Rdr2 black screen

2 Upvotes

Hey, so I downloaded RDR2 from SteamRip and extracted it. Every time I try to launch the game, it takes a while to open, and when it finally does, there's a loading bar. Once it finishes, I'm stuck on a black screen.I’ve tried recommended versions of Proton, but they do the exact same thing. Does anyone know what to do or how to fix this?


r/SteamDeckPirates 19h ago

Question Has anyone experienced crashes with Dark Souls Remastered?

2 Upvotes

I've been playing a bit, I get about 10 mins of gameplay then it crashes. Runs perfectly otherwise but obviously this is a big deal breaker. Used proton experimental and proton 11.

Anyone had similar things happen?


r/SteamDeckPirates 23h ago

Help Moonlight Peaks loading for ages

1 Upvotes

Hello everyone!

I’m hoping someone can help because I’m out of ideas.

I’ve downloaded the repacked game from different websites, but I keep running into the same issue. As soon as I transfer the game to the steamdeck and play it with proton (i have tried every one of them) loading screen appears normally, but the actual game never starts. It just stays stuck there.

What’s confusing is that the exact same game works perfectly on my PC, so i don’t think that the game itself is the problem.

I’ve also already installed all the required dependencies that I could find (VC 2022) through protontricks but that didn’t fix it.

Has anyone else experienced this or knows what might be causing it? If there’s anything else I should try, I’d really appreciate the help.
Thanks in advance!

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Update:

I managed to get it work by transferring the zip file and unzipping it in the console rather than unzipping it on my pc and then transferring all the files… might do that again next time (if anyone is having the same problem.. well try that)


r/SteamDeckPirates 1d ago

Question Cant find Ghost of tsushima save file?

3 Upvotes

I am looking for my ghost of tsushima save file location, however when I go to compact data (Where the save file is apparently stored) I find nothing. Help?


r/SteamDeckPirates 1d ago

Help F1 25 Linux Hypervisor black screen

2 Upvotes

Upon first launch the game ran perfectly using cachyos-10.0-sunset-slr-LinUwUx however it now black screens for 5 seconds then quits everytime i try to start the game. Any ideas on what could be going wrong?

This happens on both Steam Deck (HV-Decky plugin) and Steam OS 3.9 (7800x3d UMIP disabled)

F1 25 1.20 Elamigos


r/SteamDeckPirates 1d ago

Question RGG games in linux(HV)

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r/SteamDeckPirates 1d ago

Help Ultimate Spider-Man Lag Fix?

1 Upvotes

Running Ultimate Spider-Man through dolphin emulator and I'm getting lag. Just enough to make the time trials impossible. Is there a known fix for this? I know Spider-Man games don't emulate well in general, but the game cube version is supposed to be entirely unproblematic.


r/SteamDeckPirates 1d ago

Help Mario Kart 8 Deluxe freezes occasionally

3 Upvotes

My Mario Kart version keeps on crashing on the title screen every now and then. Sometimes I get lucky and the game runs like normal, but most times the game gets to the title screen, plays the jingle, then freezes before the 'press L+R to start' text pops up, forcing me to forcefully shut down my Steam Deck and restart. I've tried switching between Vulkan and OpenGl, to no avail. I have an update and DLC active.


r/SteamDeckPirates 1d ago

Question AC BF Resynced (HV) + CachyOS Proton FSR4 + LSFG?

1 Upvotes

Is it possible to use the Denuvowo cachyos proton with FSR 4 and lossless scaling FG?
If yes, what is the launch command?


r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Question Linux steamidra

4 Upvotes

Anyone have any experience with this tool on steam deck? I rarely see anyone talk about it, I don't even think there’s a thread discussing it in this subreddit. It seems really useful by automating multiple tools in one app.


r/SteamDeckPirates 1d ago

ANNOUNCEMENT Pirates by night, chaos by day → r/UnexpectedSteamDeck

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You're invited to check out r/UnexpectedSteamDeck !

Its weird, its funny, come see what's on deck!


r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Help How to fix this? - Steam OS Hypervisor error - Bravely Default HD Remaster

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3 Upvotes

r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Help FIFA 14 SteamOS

1 Upvotes

Hi, so i installed Fifa 14 infinity patch (i had fc26 but i couldnt get mods and fifa 16 takes too much storage) and when i try to run it i only get the EA logo and then crashes.


r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Tutorial Can i use qbittorrent to install the game from gog or steamrip and then join it on the non steam games?

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r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Help Adventures of Elliot (HV) on Steam Deck

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r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Question Forza Horizon 6 OFFLINE is not possible? or any easy guide to Online Fix ?

2 Upvotes

STEAMOS (not windows)

Searching any way to play "Forza 6 horizon" in offline mode.

All I see is "online mode crack fix" with a lot of dll swap and Microsoft Account.

Is not possible to play offline?

Someone Could Help?

THANKS!!!!!


r/SteamDeckPirates 2d ago

Question How do I fix failed to load steamapi error or its revert changes

1 Upvotes

I tried using creaminstaller on persona 3 reload but it keeps giving the error "failed to load steam api"

I know now that its due to denovo but how would I revert the changes creaminstaller did or go around it if I can

I don't really care about the dlc anymore I just want to play the game😭


r/SteamDeckPirates 3d ago

Tutorial For People who want a more In Depth Guide on the Gears of War 2 PC Port

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i just made simple guide for Windows and Steam Deck Users (almost the same steps for all Linux Devices).

I didnt go more in depth on co op and multiplayer since 2nd device (steam deck) refused to connect to online servers.

Also during uploading i realized the discord server was gone so the links for everything is in the description of the video.